Rather than focus on the particular case of JSTOR, let us lift the
discussion up to the military-industrial complex level .. here being the
academic-publishing complex.
Fundamentally we have painted ourselves into the corner; our universities
and research institutions have colluded with the
Thanks for saying this.
As a non-academic without access to JSTOR, its so frustrating when a google
search throws up relevant academic papers in JSTOR or similar databases, and
I can't read them.
H.. as an Indian (forrmer) hacker lets see what can be done to strike
a blow for hactivism.
journalz.com ?
On Sep 17, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Sarbajit Roy wrote:
Thanks for saying this.
As a non-academic without access to JSTOR, its so frustrating when a google
search throws up relevant academic papers in JSTOR or similar databases, and
I can't read them.
H.. as an Indian
Interesting sum-up of the JSTOR battle, and paid-by-taxpayer academic papers
being sold.
http://www.badscience.net/2011/09/academic-papers-are-hidden-from-the-public-heres-some-direct-action/
The article admits that there are reasons for pay-walls when the site adds
value by scanning old papers
